GRE Word List
EXEGESIS
exposition
The meaning of the word exegesis is exposition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |